Sunday, April 12, 2020
Alexander's Census Records
1880 living in Lower Settlement Canyon, Tooele, Utah with his wife, Julia; sons Alexander, Allen, George, John; daughter, Margaret
John Fraser's Census Records
1880 living in Lower Settlement Canyon, Tooele county, Utah with his parents, Alexander and Julia; his brothers, Alexander, Allen, George; his sister, Margaret
1900 living in Mercur, Utah mining gold
1910 living in Garfield, Utah with his wife, Clara and son, Vane
1920 living in Garfield with his wife, Clara; sons, Vane and George
1930 living in Garfield with his wife, Clara and son, Vane
Sunday, June 9, 2019
My Memories of Grandpa Fraser
I always enjoyed spending time with Grandpa. He was so funny and teased us a lot. I remember him sitting in his chair acting liking he wasn’t watching us walk by, then he would quickly reach out to catch and tickle us. I loved playing catch and ice skating with him. He could do spins, jumps, and fancy ice skating going forward and backward. I remember watching him brush his teeth and admiring all of the foam on his mouth, and trying to do the same! He taught me how to play double solitaire and I loved playing it with him, especially a great deal of the night on New Year’s Eve.
We enjoyed trips in their RV to Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monument. They also took us to see the canyons in southern Utah.
He was very smart and wrote so beautifully with either hand. He and Grandma spent many hours doing genealogy and organizing family group sheets. He created a perfect system of indexing the family group sheets so you could find anyone. I remember sitting by them while they worked at it, falling in love with genealogy. When they became too old to continue, they passed the records and ancestors’ histories on to me. I’m so grateful to them for instilling my love for family history.
Grandpa Fraser and me at my wedding reception.
My Interview With Grandpa Fraser
I interview my Grandpa Fraser many years ago. I wish I had asked the questions then, that I want to know now!
He was born in American Fork, Utah on 1 July 1903 to John Alvin and Clara May King Fraser.
He attended schools in Garfield 1909-1917, West High School in Salt Lake City, and the University of Utah 1923, 1924, 1926, and 1927, where he participated in the professional fraternity of Alpha Chi Sigma. His major was Analytical Chemistry. He did not graduate.
He enjoyed fishing, hunting ducks and rabbits, golf, ice skating, baseball, and tennis. Vane was a left handed tennis player. His brother, George, liked to play with Vane because he was the only one who played left handed and gave George a challenge. He was ambidextrous and had beautiful penmanship.
His first work experience was working as a door to door salesman of fruits and vegetables. Other jobs included helper in Utah Copper Assay Laboratory, then Assayer and Chemist in Utah Copper Assay Laboratory, and finally Chief Analytical Chemist in the Utah Copper Assay Laboratory.
He met La Ree Norma Barratt in Garfield, Utah about 1926, and were married 28 October 1931 at the Salt Lake County Court House.
He enjoyed traveling to places of historical interest, and enjoyed books and movies with historical backgrounds.
Places where he had lived - Bingham, Utah; American Fork, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; Garfield, Utah; and Magna, Utah.
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